Chapter 61 sixty one

Gu Sichen stood on the bow of the boat, saw the iron water eagle going away, shook his head and sighed: "This man has supernatural powers in his legs, there is nothing he can do on the water, so let him go." Seeing that Master was safe and sound, Luo Kun felt relieved, Then he asked anxiously: "Master, can you see Mi Qian?" Gu Sichen was stunned and said, "Just now I sealed the acupuncture points of two strong men who wanted to escape. Take it up, where did it go now?" As soon as the words finished, the light boat of the iron water eagle in the distance suddenly swayed violently on the water surface, and stopped moving forward, as if it was caught by something underwater.Tie Shuiying spun around a few times with its legs, but couldn't break free, couldn't help being furious, and stomped violently, shaking the boat it was on, and then jumped onto a plank, rising and falling, following the trend Ski away.Then saw the water splash on the lake, Mi Qian emerged from the water, saw the iron water eagle escaped away, shook his head, and came back.Luo Kun was overjoyed to see him.Gu Sichen said with a smile at this time: "Your friend, you are really good in the water. Before the officers and soldiers arrived, you overturned seven or eight pirate boats in the water. Thanks to his support in the water, otherwise it would be very difficult for the teacher to survive." Deal with those water thieves on the water." Mi Qian swam to the side of the boat at this moment, and Luo Kun happily pulled him up.Mi Qian shook his head again and again and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity that the weirdo ran away." Gu Sichen smiled and said, "One is an osprey on the water, and the other is a dragon in the water. It's a tie." Mi Qian wiped his face. On the waterway: "This strange man is so powerful. Seeing me shaking the boat in the water, I couldn't break free for a while. In order to get out as soon as possible, he broke the hull of the boat and picked up a plank." Gu Sichen admired : "It is rare to drive a boat with legs. I have never heard of it when I glide on the water with my legs and skills with a single board. It can be seen that the abilities of strange people in the rivers and lakes are often beyond our imagination." At this time, The two warships behind caught up and tied up Liu Song and Di Biao, and then they drove the boats back.When Gu Sichen heard that Langyue Villa had been settled and that Gu Kangzhi had been captured, he felt relieved, shook his head and sighed: "Then Gu Kangzhi is also a famous person in Dongting, it's a pity that he went astray and incurred the disaster of killing himself and destroying his family. "

Waiting to join Chang Yudao's warship, Chang Yudao was especially grateful to Gu Sichen, Luo Kun and Mi Qian for their assistance in suppressing the bandits, please sit on the main ship.When the fleet arrived at Junshan Ferry, all the people heard that all the water pirates had been wiped out on the lake, and celebrated endlessly, they lined up to welcome them.Chang Yudao pretended to be a soldier and escorted Gu Kangzhi and other criminals onto the boat. At that time, Cao Qian, the deputy general, was ordered to garrison Langyue Mountain Villa with his troops, and all property was sealed up, waiting to be released. Gu Sichen, Ge Yunxiang, Luo Kun, and Mi Qian were invited back to Baling to record and collect evidence.Chang Yudao saw that there were many criminals, including Gu Kangzhi, fearing that there would be changes on the way, he invited Gu Sichen, Luo Kun, and Mi Qian to guard the captive ship, and the rest of the warships were deployed around to escort.When Gu Kangzhi saw the group of robbers being captured, he sighed and closed his eyes in silence.

Chang Yudao said some words of gratitude to Ge Yunxiang in the main cabin. Chang Yudao was troubled by the many robbers in Dongting, and he was very happy to see that they had caught them all.At this time, Ge Yunxiang saw that there was no one left or right, so he took out the roster from his pocket, handed it forward and said: "General Chang has made great achievements today, and Ge found out that he has the same thing as General, and he will make another extraordinary contribution." Chang Yu Dao took the roster and was shocked after reading it. There are more than 200 people listed in the roster, but 160 or 70 people have been arrested today, and 30 or 40 people have not been arrested yet.Ge Yunxiang offered a plan: "In this case, although most of the nets are in the net, I am afraid that some fish that slip through the net will escape after hearing the wind. It is not too late. We must cut the grass and get rid of the roots. As long as we arrest people according to the list, we will ensure that there are no omissions." Chang Yudao nodded in agreement. That is to say, more than ten personal soldiers were ordered to go to the captive ship to ask the surnames of the group of robbers one by one, as well as the names and surnames of the water robbers who were killed in the battle on the lake and in the villa.When Gu Kangzhi saw that the officers and soldiers were not on trial, he was eager to ask the thieves for their surnames first, he couldn't help feeling cold, he understood what was going on, and knew everything was over.After comparing the surnames of the captured bandits with the roster one by one, Chang Yudao made a list of the remaining thirty-eight people, called his confidantes, each took his soldiers, and immediately set off by boat in separate routes to arrest people according to the list.I often see people crossed out with a heavy pen on the roster, but I don't care, thinking that they are the first to die among the robbers.

When they arrived in Baling, the city was full of commotion, and the people rushed to see it, and their hearts were very happy.Some people saw acquaintances among the captured thieves, either friends or relatives, they couldn't help being horrified, hiding their faces and retreating quickly, fearing that they would be implicated.That Chang Yudao was also shrewd and knew the seriousness of the case, so he divided the court for an urgent trial overnight, and quickly reported it to Zhu Weiqing, the prefect of Changsha.The Changsha mansion was shaken immediately, and on the one hand, they played the imperial court, and on the other hand, they sent officials to drive Baling to jury.Before dawn the next day, those soldiers sent out to arrest people according to the list each brought back the prisoners, and none of them escaped. Chang Yudao was overjoyed and rewarded everyone.These criminals who were arrested later began to cry out their injustice and deny in every possible way. Chang Yudao was furious and ordered people to read aloud the crimes committed by each of them according to the records in the register.

Seeing that the situation was over, Gu Kangzhi confessed one by one.After the trial, it was found out that Gu's ancestral home lived in Dongting of the sixth generation, and he had been a thief for generations.However, when he came to Gu Kangzhi's father, Gu Baichuan, who accumulated a lot of money, he was tired of the life of pirates, so he secretly washed his hands in the golden basin, reformed his evil ways, and tried his best to train Gu Kangzhi to learn literature and etiquette, and make friends with famous people, hoping to cut off the Gu family from now on. The roots of bandits make the children and grandchildren live in peace of mind.It never occurred to me that once Gu Baichuan died, Gu Kangzhi was still in good shape in the first few years, talking about poetry and papers, and having some elegant romances.Later, I accidentally discovered the surnames and contact methods listed on the "Roster of Heroes" that Gu Baichuan forgot to burn.Gu Kangzhi's curiosity arose, and according to the roster, he recruited the former members of the Gu family, under the pseudonym He Feiyan, and started water piracy again. Under the cover of being the generous and generous owner of Langyue Villa, he made friends with many famous people. People can see through their true colors, but they have fallen into the hands of his close friend Ge Yunxiang without thinking about it, which is also because of too much evil.As for Tie Shuiying, Gu Kangzhi only found out after interrogating Gu Kangzhi that this person was a Dongting layman whom Gu Kangzhi's father, Gu Baichuan, had benevolent in his early years. The roster recorded did not have any experience with Gu Kangzhi. This time, he acted for Gu Kangzhi in order to repay Gu Baichuan's kindness in the past. Although he was not an accomplice, assisting the robber is also a crime.According to the address provided by Gu Kangzhi, when Chang Yudao arrested him in a fishing village on a small island in Dao Fa Bing Lake, the house was already empty, and he didn't know the whereabouts of Tie Shuiying, so Chang Yu Dao sent a paper of sea arrest papers empty-handed. thing.

The water robbers headed by Gu Kangzhi have harmed Dongting for eight hundred miles, and they have committed countless major cases. According to the records recorded in the register and the confessions made by everyone, and in terms of their circumstances, among the 217 arrested gangsters, one was executed. One hundred and forty-three people, the rest were sentenced to heavy prison.The servants, maidservants and female relatives of Langyue Villa will be dismissed or sold by officials, and all property and the villa will be confiscated as stolen goods.The text was reported to the Changsha Mansion, and the Changsha Mansion invited the court. Under the emperor's order, the officials of Baling approved the verdict. They often made meritorious deeds in suppressing bandits and improving Changsha's defense.Especially Ge Yunxiang, a famous scholar in Dongting, was rewarded heavily for his meritorious service in discovering the theft and reporting it. In addition to gold and silk, he was also rewarded with the entire Langyue Villa.Gu Sichen, Luo Kun, and Mi Qian also each received a reward, but Yao Wang's mentor and apprentice did not accept it, and gave all the reward to Mi Qian, but Mi Qian refused, so he had to thank him for accepting it.Mi Qian then distributed 10% of the bounty to Father Liu who drove Ge Yunxiang and Luo Kun to Baling to relocate troops, but Father Liu was not blessed to use it, and kept a lot of money, so happy that he didn't know why Expenses are good, extreme joy begets sorrow, and he died.Because Father Liu had no children, he left it for his nephew, whom he had no contact with at ordinary times. That boy was a bastard and poor man, but after receiving the legacy of Father Liu, he became even more insane.